From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 21:43:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E011F16A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:43:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.omnis.com (smtp.omnis.com [216.239.128.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D840443D67 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:43:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.homeunix.net (66-91-236-204.san.rr.com [66.91.236.204]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04364188C438; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:43:33 -0800 (PST) From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr To: "M. Warner Losh" , phk@phk.freebsd.dk Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:43:32 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <20040114105700.H73725@carver.gumbysoft.com> <27183.1074107137@critter.freebsd.dk> <20040114.131523.03269738.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20040114.131523.03269738.imp@bsdimp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200401142143.32886.wes@softweyr.com> cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About removable disks, mountroot and sw-raid X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 05:43:35 -0000 On Wednesday 14 January 2004 12:15 pm, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <27183.1074107137@critter.freebsd.dk> > > "Poul-Henning Kamp" writes: > : In message <20040114105700.H73725@carver.gumbysoft.com>, Doug White writes: > : >It would be nice to make the wait tunable since most conditions > : > won't require it and there's no sense in delaying everyone's boot > : > for a few bizarre disk setups. > : > : You boot would not be delayed in the normal case. The delays only > : apply to how long time we want for an expected disk to show up. > > What are there plans to allow disks to arrive after we give up? > Obviously if we give up, we'll be at the root> prompt, but if a disk > is a little late, it would be nice to be able to say 'da0s1a' and have > it find this device, rather than hard wiring the available devices at > the time that the first root> prompt is given. Or better yet, have it recognize that the new disk that just magically appeared is a candidate for disk boot and booting from it when it attaches. -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com